Boost your sales with Shopify Apps

If you want to find out why read Which e-commerce platform should you choose in 2021? on the blog. We’ve made a comparison of Shopify, Swell, Saleor and Vendure. Plus, there’s an infographic inside!

But for now, let’s go back to the topic – the whole strength of this platform is based on the additional Shopify apps. Thousand of them were created by Shopify along with its vast community since the existence of the platform. There are free Shopify apps with a free trial or with various subscription options.

One way or another, thanks to these Shopify apps, you can create a beautiful e-commerce store from scratch that’s tailored to your needs. Additional apps help you extend the Shopify features from the buyer’s and seller’s point of view. To show you that, I’ve made a list of the best Shopify apps that will help you improve your sales and increase your online shop’s conversion rate. Let’s get started!

Judge.me – an easy way to get reviews

The more positive reviews about your products and your shop, the more clients decide to buy from your store. That’s why it’s so important to collect and share opinions from them. Judge.me Product Reviews App it’s here to help you with that. It’s a complete solution to gather and display your clients’ reviews on social media.

Another big perk of this Shopify app is that it’s easy to integrate with other apps to improve the effects, like PushOwl, AfterShip, Google Shopping Feed, LoyaltyLion or Klaviyo.

Key features:

• Product reviews with text, photos and video,
• SEO Rich Snippets (adds rating stars to Google search lists),
• Product reviews available in Google Shopping,
• Automatically sent requests for opinion (via web, email, SMS or push),
• Creating a Q&A product section,
• Product rating visible on product page and collections,
• Reviews sharing on social media.

What about the price? The app has a free plan with reduced features. The full version costs $15/month.

• Shopify Store -> https://apps.shopify.com/judgeme/
• Developer website -> https://judge.me/

VITALS – more than 40 Shopify apps in one

Vitals includes many small Shopify apps that help attract customers to your store and stimulate transactions from clicking on the website to the checkout page. Thanks to the all-in-one solution, you’ll not only enrich your store with new functionalities and drive more sales but also lower the number of other apps subscriptions. It’s a win-win situation!

Key features:

• Related Products – it’ll show your consumers similar products to those they’re currently browsing or added to the cart. Many big online stores use this feature to increase sales.
• Wheel of Fortune – it’s a great idea to attract your customers and encourage them to buy your products by letting them draw a discount.
• Currency Converter – it’ll automatically convert your store’s prices for foreign buyers into their local currencies. Because shopping in your store becomes easier, it facilitates the whole buying process and encourages clients to visit it more often.
• Product Bundles – this feature will help you create and offer a product combination to encourage your customers to make a purchase.
• Volume Discounts – the functionality encourages consumers to buy more by giving them discounts for bigger shopping carts – the more you buy, the bigger discount you can get.
• Pre-orders – this feature will give your customers the ability to buy a product even when it’s out of stock. Now they can get just pre-order them!

What you just read was only a tiny part of what this Shopify app can offer. There’s still so much more. A big perk of using multiple apps from one developer is the great compatibility between them.

What about the price? This app costs $29.99/month.

• Shopify App Store – https://apps.shopify.com/vitals/
• Developer website – https://vitals.co/

ReConvert – say “thank you” to loyal customers

This Shopify app will increase the number of returning customers by improving your order confirmation page, also called a “thank you page“. For that, it’s using popular and effective marketing strategies of upselling and cross-selling. Besides adding a page builder to the order confirmation page, the app lets you offer widgets that you can use to encourage subsequent purchases.

Key features:

• Pop up modal with time-limited offers,
• Product recommendations,
• Collect birth dates for sending personalized offers in the future (via SMS or email),
• Orders sharing on social media,
• After-sales surveys,
• Call-to-action button.

In addition, you can create multiple confirmation pages and decide which one to show. ReConvert integrates with other apps like 17Track, Klaviyo, Loox, SMSBump, MailChimp and Kit. You can use all of them to increase the functionalities and enhance the effect of selling well.

What about the price? The app is available in several subscriptions, including free. Also, pricing plans differ depending on orders limits. 

• Shopify App Store -> https://apps.shopify.com/reconvert-upsell-cross-sell/
• Developer website -> https://www.reconvert.io/

Growave – reward your customers 

It’s another of the Shopify apps with many features that help you acquire new customers and keep the ones you already have. Growave will build for you a loyalty program with rewards based on purchases. Furthermore, it’ll encourage loyal customers to share their orders and add customer reviews on social media. Plus, the integration with Instagram will give you the ability to make marketing campaigns on this platform.

Growave integrates with other apps on Shopify such as PushOwl, FirePush, Searchanise, Tobi, Klaviyo, Shopify Flow, Ampify and GemPages builder.

Key features:

• Loyalty and rewards – the app rewards customers for particular actions like shopping in your store, inviting others to visit your store, leaving reviews and many more.
• Wishlists – give customers the option to save products to their wishlist, which they can then share with their friends. They will also be notified when the products they saved will be available again, on sale or sold out.
• Instagram integration – you can implement an integration with Instagram to easily create advertising campaigns.
• Reviews – this feature adds an option for the customer to leave reviews with text and photos.
• Social Login – it allows customers to log in using their social media accounts with a single button.

What about the price? The app is available for free with fewer functionalities. Paid plan starts with $29.99/month and ends with $299.99/month, giving you API access.

• Shopify App Store -> https://apps.shopify.com/growave/
• Developer website -> https://growave.io/

Facebook channel – promote your e-commerce store

With this Shopify app, you can extend your sales channel to Facebook and Instagram. It’ll facilitate integrating with those platforms and help you synchronize your offer with Facebook Shops and Instagram Shopping. It also includes a tool for creating and managing free or paid ads campaigns on those platforms. Thanks to this app, you increase your brand’s visibility on social media and strengthen your brand, which, in turn, increase sales.

What about the price? Completely free to use.

Shopify App Store – https://apps.shopify.com/facebook/

Google channel – get discovered everywhere

This one is a twin version of the Facebook channel app, except that it only integrates with Google and their marketing and advertising tools. It’ll synchronize your products with those shown in Google Search Engine listings. In other words, it’ll help you with SEO (search engine optimization). That’s why it’s a great free Shopify app. Moreover, you can manage and create Smart Shopping campaigns to reach new customers worldwide and show them your offers.

What about the price? Free to use.

Shopify Store – https://apps.shopify.com/google/

Easyship ‑ shipping made easy

Easyship has a bit different functionalities than the other Shopify apps listed here. It gives store owners the ability to offer their ecommerce customers a shipping method and prices suited to their needs.

Convenient and cheap shipping can encourage the consumer to purchase in the online store. That’s why it’s essential not to neglect this aspect of your store. Easyship will increase the shipping methods you offer and reduce their prices. It gives access to over 250 couriers services all over the world. Besides, it also generates shipping labels and integrates with fulfilment centres. So, it’s really all in one.

Key features:

• Generating shipping label,
• Integrating with:
  • fulfilment centres,
  • courier services,
  • other sales channel and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

What about the price? The Shopify app is free with some limitations. Paid plans are divided mainly by order limits and start with a price of $29.99/month.

• Shopify App Store – https://apps.shopify.com/easyship/
• Developer website – https://www.easyship.com/

Summary

I think that this article only assured you how great Shopify is. It’s truly an all-in-one e-commerce platform. It provides everything you need to run and grow your online store – marketing automation, easy access to sales channels, etc. You can use these apps to increase sales and improve user experience. For example, thanks to the Shopify Apps, your customers have a better buying experience since they can print shipping labels that are automatically generated.

With just a few clicks, it helps you get started and moving your business online. And sure, it also has some downfalls, but here we’ve focused solely on the options it gives. 

Moreover, because of thousands of Shopify apps, e-commerce features and professional themes, you can create a well-functioning store that’s not user-friendly but also integrates well with other external sites. Each app that I mentioned in this blog post will bring value to your business by helping you boost sales and increase the conversion rate.